TT News Agency (Swedish: TT Nyhetsbyrån or simply TT; formerly ''Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå'' until 2013) is a
Swedish
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news agency, the largest in
Scandinavia, owned jointly by the country's
newspapers and the media groups behind them. TT's services are used as the exclusive source of national news by many local media outlets.
TT News Agency is the national wire service in Sweden with a history dating back to the 1920s. TT News Agency provides news articles, images, video and infographics to Sweden's media outlets, companies and public authorities.
TT News Agency is ranked as one of Europe's most profitable news agencies. The number of employees is, as of 2018, 208 people. TT News Agency is privately owned by the largest Swedish media houses and stands absolutely free from any government, religious or political spheres. CEO and Editor in chief is Jonas Eriksson.
TT represent the photographer
Lennart Nilsson
Lennart Nilsson (24 August 1922 – 28 January 2017) was a Swedish photographer noted for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extreme macro photography. He ...
.
TT has won several awards such as
Stora Journalistpriset
Stora Journalistpriset ("The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism") is an annual Swedish award, founded in 1966 by Bonnier AB, given to "recognize achievement in journalism".
The prize money is SEK 100,000 and is awarded in four categories:
* Sc ...
, Årets Bild among others.
Ownership
References
News agencies based in Sweden
Organizations based in Stockholm
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